GP Lugano *spolier*

emadden
emadden Posts: 2,431
edited February 2011 in Pro race
Basso wins.

EDIT:

2. Fabio Duarte (Geox)
3. Giovanni Visconti (ISD)
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  • Nice, got to see the video for that.

    Also another race: Classica Sarda
    1 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Katusha Team 4:50:26
    2 Emanuele Sella (Ita) Androni Giocattoli 0:00:02
    3 Peter Sagan (Svk) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:00:05
    4 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre - ISD
    5 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli
    6 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Great Britain National Team 0:00:11
    7 Robert Kiserlovski (Cro) Pro Team Astana 0:00:12
    8 Constantino Zaballa Gutierrez (Spa) Miche - Guerciotti 0:00:16
    9 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:00:30
    10 Elia Favilli (Ita) Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli 0:00:39
    11 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - ISD

    Sella has been doing well this week, aggressive too, but then he has something he wants to show/prove.
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  • Is Kiserlovski the guy from Liqiugas that wore the white jersey at the Giro last year
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 40,146
    Nice, got to see the video for that.

    Also another race: Classica Sarda
    1 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Katusha Team 4:50:26
    2 Emanuele Sella (Ita) Androni Giocattoli 0:00:02
    3 Peter Sagan (Svk) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:00:05
    4 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre - ISD
    5 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli
    6 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Great Britain National Team 0:00:11
    7 Robert Kiserlovski (Cro) Pro Team Astana 0:00:12
    8 Constantino Zaballa Gutierrez (Spa) Miche - Guerciotti 0:00:16
    9 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:00:30
    10 Elia Favilli (Ita) Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli 0:00:39
    11 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - ISD

    Sella has been doing well this week, aggressive too, but then he has something he wants to show/prove.

    What sort of route does that race have? With Nibs and Cunego up near the front I assume it was pretty hilly in which case a decent result for Geraint especially if he has been preparing for the track.
  • FJS
    FJS Posts: 4,820
    Pross wrote:
    What sort of route does that race have? With Nibs and Cunego up near the front I assume it was pretty hilly in which case a decent result for Geraint especially if he has been preparing for the track.
    And interesting they give him riding for 'Great Britain national team'
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 40,146
    Yep, someone mentioned that last week. Seems a bit odd.
  • iainf72
    iainf72 Posts: 15,784
    http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/giro-d ... tos/160473

    No idea why either. At first I thought it was a special kit for Italy (like how Sky modified the logo for the Italian market last year) but this seems a completely seperate team. Odd.
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 72,032
    Forgot his shorts?
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 40,146
    Perhaps just there to pass on his experience to the GB squad or maybe it is just part of his GB training regime for the track worlds?
  • FJS
    FJS Posts: 4,820
    It's not just Thomas - From the race website:

    GREAT BRITAIN NATIONAL TEAM
    DIRETTORE SPORTIVO: KENT
    111 GERAINT THOMAS -
    112 KENNAUGH PETER -
    113 SWIFT BEN -
    114 CLANCY EDWARD -
    115 TENNANT ANDREW -
    116 ROWE LUKE -
    117 BURKE STEVEN -
    118 HARRISON SAM

    Interesting way to go about things - rather than team sky giving non-pro's stagaire opportunities they lend their top riders to other squads...

    PS, also participating was:
    TEAM RADIOSHACH
    DIRETTORE SPORTIVO: BRUUYNEEL JOHAN
  • Neil McC
    Neil McC Posts: 625
    FJS wrote:
    Pross wrote:
    What sort of route does that race have? With Nibs and Cunego up near the front I assume it was pretty hilly in which case a decent result for Geraint especially if he has been preparing for the track.
    And interesting they give him riding for 'Great Britain national team'

    GB track squad endurance event riders preparing for World Track Champs apparently.
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 40,146
    Nice to see young Sam Harrison getting some racing in at that level, he's only in his first year as a senior!
  • Tom BB
    Tom BB Posts: 1,001
    Pross wrote:
    Nice to see young Sam Harrison getting some racing in at that level, he's only in his first year as a senior!

    It was his first ever senior race! Apparently he was pretty nervous to say the least.......early toilet stops were required :D

    Pretty sure Burke, Clancy and a few others only lasted a couple of days.....
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 40,146
    One hell of a race for your first as a senior :shock: Luke Rowe did OK as well.
  • Pross wrote:
    Nice, got to see the video for that.

    Also another race: Classica Sarda
    1 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Katusha Team 4:50:26
    2 Emanuele Sella (Ita) Androni Giocattoli 0:00:02
    3 Peter Sagan (Svk) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:00:05
    4 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre - ISD
    5 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli
    6 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Great Britain National Team 0:00:11
    7 Robert Kiserlovski (Cro) Pro Team Astana 0:00:12
    8 Constantino Zaballa Gutierrez (Spa) Miche - Guerciotti 0:00:16
    9 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:00:30
    10 Elia Favilli (Ita) Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli 0:00:39
    11 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - ISD

    Sella has been doing well this week, aggressive too, but then he has something he wants to show/prove.

    What sort of route does that race have? With Nibs and Cunego up near the front I assume it was pretty hilly in which case a decent result for Geraint especially if he has been preparing for the track.

    I think it was a south-to-north 200km through the island. Quite lumpy in the second half of the race and Brutt would have been familiar with that terrain from one of the Giro d'Italia stages there in 2007 when he was in a long beak.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 72,032
    I think it was a south-to-north 200km through the island. Quite lumpy in the second half of the race and Brutt would have been familiar with that terrain from one of the Giro d'Italia stages there in 2007 when he was in a long beak.

    If you're correct that's excellent knowledge.
  • Great ride by Sella in Sarda. A shame he just got nabbed in the last 500m.

    Btw, see that Geraint was on the back the entire time until the last 1km.

    http://www.youtube.com/user/worldcyclin ... DQ9DdTGA9U
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